St. Corneli, Tremp Area, Aramunt Vell Member, Cataluna (Cretaceous of Spain)

Where: Spain (42.2° N, 0.9° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 3.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Aramunt Vell Member (Sant Corneli Formation), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• max. 200 m thick

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified grainstone and lithified marl

• shallow neritic-littoral, bioturbated shoreface
• medium-bedded grey calcarenites with interbedded grey bioturbated marls

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: J. Gallemi, R. Martinez, and J. M. Pons. 1983. Coniacian-Maastrichtian of the Tremp Area (South Central Pyrenees). Newsletters on Stratigraphy 12(1):1-17 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66979: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.11.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Echinoidea
 Irregularia - Clypeolampadidae
Clypeolampas sp. sea urchin
 Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Globator ovulum sea urchin
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Coenholectypus sp. Pomel 1883 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Plagioptychidae
Plagioptychus sp. Matheron 1842 rudist
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Radiolites sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist
Praeradiolites sp. Douvillé 1902 rudist
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Fabulariidae